Brooklyn
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-based band formed by multi-instrumentalist Shannon Fields and vocalist Montgomery Knott in the winter of 1998. Frequently compared to later
Talk Talk
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Robert Wyatt
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, their music blends avant-jazz and free improvisation with electronic textures and several overdubbed murmured vocal lines.
History
The band started in 1998. On their albums and in live performances, Fields and Knott have recruited a host of other musicians, including members and ex-members of
Other Dimensions in Music
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The group is a collective quartet composed of trumpeter Roy Campbell, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter, bassist William Parker and drummer Rashid Bakr. Campb ...
Papa M
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Out Hud
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Tall Firs
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Celebration
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* ''Celebration'' (musical), by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, 1969
* ''Celebration'' (play), by Harold Pinter, 2000
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Fiery Furnaces
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The Silent League
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Mercury Rev
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Members
* Shannon Fields - producer
* Montgomery Knott - vocals
* Ryan Smith - piano, synthesizers, laptop, many other things
* Ryan Sawyer - drums, percussion
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Matt Lavelle
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Career
Lavelle began his music career with Hildred Humphries, a swing era veteran who played with Count Basie and Billie Holi ...
- bass clarinet, flugelhorn, trumpet, cuica
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Sam Amidon
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Musical career
In 2001, Amidon self-released ''Solo Fiddle'', an album of traditional Irish fiddle instrumentals.
Amidon's first album of ...
- fiddle, banjo, voice
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Jon Natchez
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* ''Sun Lights Down on the Fence'' (2003 Praemedia Pitchfork Review of Sun Lights Down on the Fence /ref>
* ''The Ken Burns Effect'' (2007 Talitres Records in Europe) (May 20, 200 Hometapes distribution via Absolutely Kosher/Misra)
Allmusic Guide Entry
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...